The son of an MP became a cricketer, not a politician. And, this year he has done such a feat that his name has become famous. He has done this feat in the recently concluded DPL 2025.

Team India has reached UAE for the Asia Cup. This time the son-in-law of an MLA from Andhra Pradesh has reached there as the manager of the Indian team. But, here we are going to talk about that son of the MP, whose selection itself was questioned. The selection committee was surrounded by questions. We are talking about Sarthak Ranjan, son of Pappu Yadav aka Rajesh Ranjan, MP from Purnia, Bihar, who was selected for the first time for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Inter State T20 Competition, when many questions were raised on the selectors of Delhi.

Questions on the selection committee, performance also poor

The big reason for questions being raised on the selectors was that they had given him preference over some of the then big names of Delhi cricket, Unmukt Chand and Hiten Dalal. Sarthak Ranjan made his T20 debut for Delhi in November 2018. After a long wait for this debut, he got a chance to represent Delhi against Hyderabad in first class cricket. That match was a draw but Sarthak failed to impress in it.

MP Pappu Yadav's son shines by scoring a century in DPL 2025

However, leaving those failures behind, MP Pappu Yadav's son Sarthak Ranjan has written a new story of his success in DPL 2025. He has not only been the second highest run-scorer in the Delhi Premier League 2025 but has also got his name written among the 5 Indian cricketers who have scored a century in DPL 2025.

Scored 449 runs in 9 matches, included in these 5 cricketers

Sarthak Ranjan has scored 449 runs in 9 innings of 9 matches played in DPL 2025 at an average of 56.12 and a strike rate of over 146. During this, he has hit 21 sixes and 44 fours. A total of 5 batsmen scored centuries in DPL 2025, one of which was Sarthak Ranjan. Apart from him, 4 other batsmen who scored centuries were Yash Dhul, Nitish Rana, Priyansh Arya and Ayush Doseja.

Sarthak Ranjan was second in the list of highest run scorers in DPL 2025. Apart from that, he was the fourth batsman to hit the most sixes in the league. Due to such strong performance, Sarthak Ranjan was very popular in DPL this year.